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the home office, uh, the the home office, uh, are the home get , um, the home office.e. we get, um, the home office. we get, um, the home office applying its rights . home office applying its rights. um, with regard to the, uh , um, with regard to the, uh, accommodation of asylum seekers. and so when do you expect the first migrants to arrive? >> you've been told. >> you've been told. >> i have no idea why we may be briefed this evening with regard to all those details. okay. um, it's it literally it's been the possibility in our diaries for some time . some time. >> so as he says, uh, there'll be they'll be holding a meeting to discuss that at some point tonight. yeah. in the meantime, the conservative councillors for the conservative councillors for the ward, uh, i got in contact and they told me, quote, we realise there is a national issue for housing asylum seekers. however, with our own within our own borough, we have critical housing shortages because of the general circumstances and for this reason, we firmly but firmly believe that the properties in rushmoor sh

and according to the home office , they've achieved home office, they've achieved it.y've got rid of this backlog of some 92,000 claims that was there before the 28th of june, 2022, and that they've processed 112,000 claims, including 25,000 new claims after that. but then when you dig into it, it turns out it's not quite the same, because actually the new backlog . i hope actually the new backlog. i hope you're keeping up, folks. you've got the legacy backlog and the new backlog to you. and i. it's just a backlog. what's the number? well, the new backlog is conveniently at 99,000. so we had an old backlog. they say they've dealt with it, but we've got a new backlog that's broadly the same number. unbelievable. it's the truth is there's a backlog . it's give or take backlog. it's give or take 100,000. and they don't seem to be making any progress to get through it. oh and by the way, in the backlog, they claim to have got down, it transpires that they've accepted 67% of all applicants asians. i might just remind you, the back in 2004, the acceptance rate was less than.

and according to the home office , they've achieved home office, they've achieved it.hey've got rid of this backlog of some 92,000 claims that was there before the 28th of june, 2022, and that they've processed 112,000 claims, including 25,000 new claims after that. but then when you dig into it, it turns out it's not quite the same, because actually the new backlog . i hope actually the new backlog. i hope you're keeping up, folks. you've got the legacy backlog and the new backlog to you. and i. it's just a backlog. what's the number? well, the new backlog is conveniently at 99,000. so we had an old backlog. they say they've dealt with it, but we've got a new backlog that's broadly the same number. unbelievable. it's the truth is there's a backlog . it's give or take backlog. it's give or take 100,000. and they don't seem to be making any progress to get through it. oh and by the way, in the backlog, they claim to have got down, it transpires that they've accepted 67% of all applicants asians. i might just remind you, the back in 2004, the acceptance rate was less tha

we don't have the resources the home office. resources in the home office. you know, going back to the point, making about point, i was making about detention one the detention centres, one of the big is we have big problems is we don't have anywhere to put these people. we don't have anywhere secure to. and what doing is and so what you're doing is you're in hotels or you're putting them in hotels or temporary accommodation when there's temporary accommodation when therthere's reports they're and there's reports that they're being from one hotel being moved from one hotel to another hotel maybe miles another hotel maybe 70 miles down road. down the road. >> yeah. that saving >> yeah. how is that saving money? mean , it's not it's money? i mean, it's not it's just sort juggling things through. >> but the big risk for that is, you there's no really you know, there's no one really at making sure they at these hotels making sure they stay and if you you stay there. and if you are, you know, one of these asylum seekers you want to sort of seekers and you want to

finally, have a look at this quote from the home offices released today. it says...n withdrawn from the figures as you can see, it's a lot more complicated than some of the government headline claims suggest. i want to show you theirs. although the legacy backlog has gone down considerably this is cases after the 20th ofjune, 2022. they have gone up 20th ofjune, 2022. they have gone up considerably over time. they now stand at 8a,000. more than the legacy backlog was when rishi sunak claims to have gotten rid of it. there is no timescale for dealing with this at the moment. last month, an inquest found that an 0fsted school inspection had contributed to the death of headteacher ruth perry, who took her own life. her family have called for root and branch reform. well, now the new chief inspector says the inspection process needs to be "far more empathetic". in his first interview since taking charge of 0fsted, sir martyn 0liver said lessons must be learned. 0ur education editor branwen jeffreys reports. hisjob matters for children and parents. the new boss of 0fsted

and finally, have a look at this quote from the home office's release today.they've been withdrawn from the figures. so as you can see, it's a lot more complicated than some of the government's headline claims suggest. and finally, ijust want to show you this. although the legacy backlog has gone down considerably, this is cases after the 28th ofjune 2020. have a look. they have gone up considerably over time. they now stand at 94,000 — more than the legacy backlog was when rishi sunak pledged to get rid of it. there is no timescale for dealing with this at the moment. was when rishi sunak pledged to get rid of it. there is no timescale for dealing with this at the moment. let's bring you back to that breaking news that we had from beirut and our correspondent there has just sent us this detail which i will read out to you that says an explosion took place in a stronghold of hezbollah south of beirut, saying there is some unconfirmed reports which suggest it is a car explosion and saying that words are circulating that it could have targeted hamas officials bu

the home office have yet to respond. hadn't. the home office have yet to res-ond. ~ .,, ., hadn't.e technology company fujitsu has reiterated its apology to sub—postmasters and their families for the horizon it scandal. in a statement, the firm said it will be working with the uk government on a contribution to compensation for victims. fujitsu designed the faulty horizon system, which mistakenly showed money missing from branches. hundreds of sub—postmasters were wrongly prosecuted and convicted over a period of 15 years for theft and false accounting. staff at the uk's biggest steelworks, tata steel, are expecting to hear aboutjob losses according to a senior union official. a meeting is under way at the moment between tata and union representatives about the future of its site in port talbot, which employs 4,000 people. our wales correspondent hywel griffith is there. jane, that meeting is key, it could potentially decide the fate of this site, the fate of this community. and at the heart of it, these two big blast furnaces you might be able to see behind me, they are powered tj

is this so was a home office. this so this was a home office.ayal. this so this was a home office. sucthis)etrayal. this so this was a home office. sucthis was yal. this so this was a home office. sucthis was a l. this so this was a home office. sucthis was a home office >> this was a home office decision, not the actual not like a cabinet decision. >> it seems like something that should put to should probably be put to parliament, because it's almost like you like legislating. you think after government after 14 years, the government might on might actually have a handle on the home office and might actually they not actually put it? did they not know was happening? did know. >> and it's not a new thing, first of all. and all of a sudden people say for the press, because you're right, nigel farage there saying, farage was out there saying, hang about, you advertise for the free the traffickers, you get free boards, get a job, you get boards, you get a job, you get the other of pieces. it's the other bits of pieces. it's going to be a pull facto

the home office told newsnight, "the government is making significant progress with moving asylum seekersut of hotels, which cost uk taxpayers £8.2 million pounds a day. we have already exited the first 50 and we will exit more in the coming months. we are committed to ensuring the police have the tools they need and have confirmed a total police funding settlement of up to £18.4 billion in 2024-25, including up to £148 million for dyfed—powys police. decisions about how funding and resources are utilised is a matter for individual police and crime commissioners." look at the front pages and they all have the same picture. the daily telegraph, nicola sturgeon wiping a tearfrom her eye. it is also telegraph, nicola sturgeon wiping a tear from her eye. it is also on the guardian. and finally, the times, the same picture. the former first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon. that is it from us tonight. i am sturgeon. that is it from us tonight. iam back sturgeon. that is it from us tonight. i am back tomorrow. sturgeon. that is it from us tonight. iam back tomorrow. until then, sleep well.

the home office acquired them.here local kids are being forced to move out because they can't even afford to rent or buy? we're going to be speaking to the conservative leader of the local council to get the full story. would not want to miss that. that's coming up in the next hour latest news hour after your latest news headunes hour after your latest news headlines with sam francis . headlines with sam francis. >> martin, thank you. good afternoon. >> i'm sam francis. afternoon. >> i'm sam francis . the >> i'm sam francis. the headunes >> i'm sam francis. the headlines at four labour says the government is asleep at the wheel over its handling of flooding. >> that's as hundreds of warnings remain in place across the country in the wake of storm henk. >> the party is promising to create a task force similar to the emergency committee to the emergency cobra committee to coordinate flood preparations and to protect homes. nottinghamshire county council has declared a major incident yesterday with more than 100 homes

this doesn't home office scheme.ll, it hasn't been done quietly . it's been a been done quietly. it's been a scheme that's been in place since 2005, so we have known about it for quite a long time. so the way it works is that if you haven't had an initial decision on your asylum claim for more than a year, you can then look for work in shortage occupations . so as then look for work in shortage 0ccupati0ns . so as you then look for work in shortage occupations . so as you said, it occupations. so as you said, it could be in social care , it could be in social care, it could be in social care, it could be in construction. we've got a shortage of bricklayers, carpenters and roofers at the moment. um but you but that only appues moment. um but you but that only applies if the home office haven't processed your claim . so haven't processed your claim. so the target is to get claims processed in within six months. so none of these people would then be eligible for a job. the reason this is happening and the reason this is

home office just point. the home office just needs hs point.s act together needs to get its act together with how is with this. how it is so difficult. um, difficult. i don't know. um, cindy, a look at the cindy, let's have a look at the front the mail. should front of the mail. what should we periods over the we keep get periods over the years. we have sort of. years. we have these sort of. i don't know if it's fair to call them anti—vaxxer or. but, you know, they decide they're not going to vaccinate the children. um, and as a result, then several later, we get several years later, we get these outbreaks and now they're concerned about measles at the moment . moment. >> the concern about >> yeah. the concern about measles the moment, the ideal measles at the moment, the ideal coverage of coverage rate is about 95% of children. in some areas of children. but in some areas of the it's only about 80% or the uk it's only about 80% or just over 80, which means that actually, you know, you're left with cases. now with hundreds of cases. now measles

there's been a massive briefing campaign this morning, the home office are morning, so the home officeg that the government has fiddled the figures officials in figures and officials in conservative central office are briefing that the home office has it's chaos. has failed. it's chaos. >> and this is a really interesting bit that maybe you had judicial activism 20 years ago. agree with that. ago. completely agree with that. that's a problem now. and that's still a problem now. and it'd see the it'd be interesting to see the number servants working number of civil servants working in now, there in the home office now, as there was the size of was 20 years ago, the size of the central state has absolutely blossomed. got much, much blossomed. it's got much, much bigger. and you see all these stories coming out of the home office particular, saying, office in particular, saying, oh, doing cruel. oh, what we're doing is cruel. it's nasty. don't it's mean, it's nasty. i don't want work that. and so want to work on that. and so you're starting to see the you're starting to see that the enemy

and the people that prevented it happening were the home office. and we went to the home office.t to the home office and said, "look, what are you going to do about it?" and she was the one who actually got the conditions from the home office under which unaccompanied children could come into the country. the question remains, from the point of view of giving them a life in england, you had to find families who would agree to raise them, to foster them. and ijust wonder how you did it. well, this wasn't so difficult or mysterious as you and other other people now tend to make it. after all, this was a time when the british government were trying to get all the british children out of the south of england into the north. the evacuees. so it was merely a question of getting them established as part of the evacuee train. there were issues, though. i know, even in the midst of the fear that was being generated across europe of the nazi persecution, the anti—semitism, there were rabbis who said to you, "you can't putjewish children in christian homes, that's not right." i wonder if yo

office. conclusion from the home office.ave been whereas um, and none have been sent he's sent to rwanda. so he's been quite generous in his, in his offer. and of course , since then offer. and of course, since then we've had politicians like yvette cooper saying, the yvette cooper saying, if the money coming then we'll money is coming back, then we'll use other purposes as well. >> right . >> right. >> right. >> well, it's not quite the brief. i've got here. >> no, the brief brief. the brief is not right. actually, ho. 110. >> no. >> um, they . >> um, they. >> um, they. >> there you go. >> there you go. >> it's the exact opposite, isn't it? but there you go. um would this change your thoughts on it all? renee. >> it's not going to change my thoughts on it. i think if this plan is to fail, which plan is going to fail, which i think it inevitably is going to fail, it's not going to get through house, it? in its through the house, is it? in its current form, that's for sure. the upper house. >> yeah, but they could >> well, ye

and finally, have a look at this quote from the home office's release today.ures it's produced, 35,000 cases were non—substa ntive decisions. that often means that they've been withdrawn from the figures. so as you can see, it's a lot more complicated than some of the government's headline claims suggest. and finally, ijust want to show you this. although the legacy backlog has gone down considerably, this is cases after the 28th ofjune 2020. have a look. they have gone up considerably over time. they now stand at 94,000 — more than the legacy backlog was when rishi sunak pledged to get rid of it. there is no timescale for dealing with this at the moment. 0ur political correspondent damian grammaticas is in the newsroom: so we have been through the numbers, what is the political fallout of all of this? . , , ., ., h, what is the political fallout of all of this? . , , ., ., ., of this? has been argument about of it toda . a of this? has been argument about of it today- a lot _ of this? has been argument about of it today. a lot of _ of this? has been argument

your predecessor, designed and it is, in the home office - and it is, in the home office looking at it the flights takin: off. , , . .,, taking off. i respect robert enormously. _ taking off. i respect robert enormously. i— taking off. i respect robert enormously. i had - taking off. i respect robert enormously. i had been . taking off. i respect robert enormously. i had been a i taking off. i respect robert - enormously. i had been a home taking off. i respect robert _ enormously. i had been a home office minister previously on his agenda and confidently take this collaboration in the legislation we consider the illegal migration act it is measures that deal directly with the supreme court challenges that were raised, the treaty, a response to that very directly recognising the action be taken in working with the government to get this right but i didn't deserve a robust set of measures that will help us to operate as planned. we were international law and the stopping compliant this another group of mps were extremely concerned that. disappears legislation that is in compliance of th

the welsh village of furnace gained national attention last year after the home office made plans tobated by far right groups from further afield, came to more than a million pounds. yasminara khan has this report. this hotel in wales, once the pride of the local community, has not had any paying customers for several months. last year, the home office drew up plans to house asylum seekers here, but none of them have ever stayed a night. the a—star stradey park hotel in llanelli was integral to the local economy. the planned changes to how the hotel would be used upset the local community, who started a round—the—clock protest over the loss ofjobs and that over 200 asylum seekers were set to be placed there. horns toot. the demonstrations, which continued for months, even attracted far—right groups from outside the area, and as the clashes intensified the policing bill soared. a bbc freedom of information request can reveal that dyfed—powys spent over1 million on operational costs to police these protests, yet in late october the home office withdrew the contract and the plans to hou

the home office are bad at their job. at doing their job. >> office are bad doing >> home office are. doing everything. bad of doing everything. bad of doing everything. maxwell, thank you. and i'm sorry. we've had and fadi. i'm sorry. we've had microphone problems, i'm microphone problems, which i'm embarrassed about. you're a regular this show, and regular guest on this show, and we love your contribution. it's just not working this evening. we love your contribution. it's just i'm working this evening. we love your contribution. it's just i'm embarrassedevening. we love your contribution. it's just i'm embarrassed about g. we love your contribution. it's just i'm embarrassed about that. and i'm embarrassed about that. but you on again. but we'll have you on again. very soon. in a moment very very soon. in a moment we'll have look at what we'll have a look at what happened new hampshire last happened in new hampshire last night. iowa witnessing night. i was in iowa witnessing the victory. the extraordinary trump victory. well i've got to tell you, in new hampshire, a pretty liberal

and finally, have a look at this quote from the home office's release today.says that from the figures it's produced, 35,000 cases were non—substa ntive decisions. that often means that they've been withdrawn from the figures. so as you can see, it's a lot more complicated than some of the government's headline claims suggest. and finally, ijust want to show you this. although the legacy backlog has gone down considerably, this is cases after the 28th ofjune 2020. have a look. they have gone up considerably over time. they now stand at 94,000 — more than the legacy backlog was when rishi sunak pledged to get rid of it. there is no timescale for dealing with this at the moment. was when rishi sunak pledged to get rid of it. there is no timescale for dealing with this at the moment. we will get the thoughts of our panel on claim and counterclaim in a moment but first some breaking news from the world of darts which is something i don't see very often but it is worth it whether you're interested in darts or not because it is an extraordinary moment. teenager luke

so this is not about the weather, this is about the work that the home office officials have been doingour counterparts across europe. joining me is our home editor, mark easton, and chief political correspondent henry zeffman. mark, the government? james cleverly they are talking about the small boat arrivals rather than the asylum numbers, and this is where it gets quite complicated. just over a year ago that rishi sunak told parliament that he intended to abolish the backlog of people waiting in the asylum system for an initial decision. then it was later clarified that that meant people who were in the system onjune the 28th 2022, so a very specific part of the problem. have they managed to reduce that? yes, they have very significantly. have they abolished it? well, you pay your money and you takes your choice, really. the government says although there are still 4500 government says although there are still a500 cases which have not been resolved, and they are complex cases and they have all been processed in some way or another, so yes they have kept their promise. 0bviously, hav

and the people that prevented it happening were the home 0ffice. and we went to the home office. went to the home office and said, "look, what are you going to do about it?" and she was the one who actually got the conditions from the home office under which unaccompanied children could come into the country. the question remains, from the point of view of giving them a life in england, you had to find families who would agree to raise them, to foster them. and ijust wonder how you did it. well, this wasn't so difficult or mysterious as you and other people now tend to make it. after all, this was a time when the british government were trying to get all the british children out of the south of england into the north. the evacuees. so it was merely a question of getting them established as part of the evacuee train. there were issues though. i know, even in the midst of the fear that was being generated across europe of the nazi persecution, the anti—semitism, there were rabbis who said to you, "you can't putjewish children in christian homes, that's not right. " i wonder if you

things at the home office.ls? is lack leadership skills? is it a lack of of the economic of understanding of the economic the electoral calamity? he faces with the threat from reform ? with the threat from reform? what is he, pigheaded? what's the answer? >> i think you have to ask him. i think he genuinely. he genuinely believes that the bill that he is proposing will work. itake that he is proposing will work. i take a different view and we'll we'll have to see whether he just being naive. >> is he naive? what is this? >> is he naive? what is this? >> well, i don't know. i'm not going to comment on the prime minister's motivations. i think he he understands the problem . he he understands the problem. but me, having seen it at the but to me, having seen it at the absolute sharp end , having absolute sharp end, having visited residents of dover whose homes have been broken into by illegal migrants, having seen the aftermath of riots in knowsley , where there was a knowsley, where there was a hotel that created

today, the home office has been reprimanded by the uk statistics authority. can you explain that?ning sector to get rid the asylum backlog. —— the prime minister. this was then clarified to mean the part of the backlog and place in november 2022 when you legislation on asylum came in. and then you may remember, just a few weeks ago, the home office put out a press release which said that backlog cleared, the prime minister went on social media and said the backlog was cleared. but actually, when we looked at the numbers, and we did not see the numbers, and we did not see the numbers immediately, we did not see the mental 930 in the morning after the mental 930 in the morning after the story had appeared in the morning papers, it emerged it had not been entirely cleared. there had been 4000 cases which were too difficult and had been put in a new category. what has happened now, the chair of the uk starts authority has basically said this is not the way to do things. you cannot say these kinds of things because it undermines public trust. interestingly, he goes on to say that the h

and the home office is going in another, and rcatty— the home office is going in another, and reallying _ stopping migration upstream and helping stabilise countries and using — helping stabilise countries and using all— helping stabilise countries and using all of the tools you have got in the _ using all of the tools you have got in the tool— using all of the tools you have got in the tool box... using all of the tools you have got in the tool box. . ._ using all of the tools you have got in the tool box... forgive me, you will not be — in the tool box... forgive me, you will not be using _ in the tool box... forgive me, you will not be using a _ in the tool box... forgive me, you will not be using a new _ in the tool box... forgive me, you will not be using a new slogan - in the tool box... forgive me, you i will not be using a new slogan under your tenure? will not be using a new slogan under yourtenure? i will not be using a new slogan under yourtenure?— your tenure? i haven't come up with one et. your tenure? i haven't come up with one yet- maybe _ your tenure? i haven't come u

they were told this was a fait accompli by the home office . and yet, how the home office.ple you know, in the farnborough area, knowing that people you know, okay, we can say they have to have somewhere to live, but they're being given by brand new luxury flats with all mod cons, £4,500 a month. and as i heard on friday, a lot of people locally can't even afford to get on the property ladder. ladden >> well, i think it's, um , >> well, i think it's, um, people need a minimum of, say , people need a minimum of, say, £3,000 a month coming in. just to be able to afford to live in these areas. we're living in one of the wealthiest parts of the country. but just because it's wealthy doesn't mean everybody's got i've spoken to got money. and i've spoken to people that have been have been told it's ten years just to get a council this area. a council house in this area. you know , and how much those you know, and how much those people they're they're people feel they're they're living houses , living in overcrowded houses, often children, with their often with children, with thei

the home office says there are now the highest number of police officers on record in england and walesno longer live in her home — she's moving out. the effect that it's had on my mental health has been horrendous. the police are promising to attend all home burglaries and follow all reasonable inquiries, but only one in 20 offenders now get charged — and it's their victims who are paying the price. bronagh munro, bbc news. when david huse decided he needed a showstopper of a centrepiece in his home — he set his sights on an iconic piece of musical history. the white leather sofa that features on the cover of george michael's last studio album, patience, has now undergone a complete restoration to be worthy of its spot in david's living room. our reporter lizzie rose has the story. # you put the boom boom into my heart...# - george michael, music icon. this is the sofa on the cover of his final album, patience. it was surreal when he said who it belonged to and an honour and privilege to do it and it's been quite an emotional rollercoaster to get it brand—new again. richard and carolyn

the home office says there are now the highest number of police officers on record in england and walesin her home — she's moving out. the effect that it's had on my mental health has been horrendous. the police are promising to attend all home burglaries and follow all reasonable enquiries, but only one in 20 offenders now get charged — and it's their victims who are paying the price. bronagh munro, bbc news. and bbc panorama's will my crime be solved? is on bbc iplayer now and on bbc one at 8.00pm tonight. it's 1:17. our top story this afternoon: after the post office it scandal, ministers meet to discuss how to help hundreds of postmasters and mistresses. coming up: mystery solved — the remarkable reason why one man's coming up on bbc news. emma raducanu reunites with her childhood coach, nick cavaday, in melbourne ahead of the australian open next week — herfirst grand slam in a year. tomorrow, the former us open champion will face naomi osaka in a charity match. a rocket has blasted off from cape canaveral in florida, for what is hoped will be an achievement not seen in more than 5

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and i looked into home office, and i into the home office, and i think i found a fair amount of kindon. the one man who has been consistent at the home office the last years, office for the last three years, there's been five home secretaries , is the permanent secretaries, is the permanent secretary at home now secretary at the home office now he senior civil he is the most senior civil servant. matthew rycroft, servant. sir matthew rycroft, he was in 2023. he a was knighted in 2023. he is a career diplomat. he used to work for tony blair. he became an ambassador. he was a representative at the united nafions representative at the united nations was quoted on nations and he was quoted on record saying last year that he sees himself as a diplomat and temporary to be at the home office, so some people say his heart really isn't in the job. he's also the civil service, so—called race, faith and belief champion. now, it's a bizarre situation that you've got the most senior person in the home office , in the department that office, in the department that is controlling our borders, but al

migration by the home office?? i don't think that the current are current levels are are acceptable and government need to do more to be training up people who are working here in britain already and need to crack down on the criminal gangs that are responsible for those channel crossings, a level you're happy with. >> i'm not going to put arbitrary, i'm not going to put arbitrary, i'm not going to put arbitrary numbers on it. but we need to bring those levels down on the election. >> the pm says he's not planning for a election before the summer . is labour planning for a spnng . is labour planning for a spring election ? spring election? >> well, i saw yesterday the prime minister's bottling it. we say bring it on. it's time for the people to decide in a general election for spring one, we'd be happy to have an election whenever the prime minister calls it, and the sooner the better. >> rachel reeves thank for joining today joining us today in wellingborough. you. thank wellingborough. thank you. thank you. ther

office , colleague in the home office, and others too, will stop that happen.? these changes we've engaged with the government over several weeks and we've now tabled several amendments in the name , largely amendments in the name, largely of robert jenrick, but also of sir bill cash to fix the bill. >> and we're putting them forward in the spirit of constructive engagement with the government. they will dramatically reduce the ability of people to thwart their removal through the courts and they will emphasise and clarify that these pyjama injunctions, these rule 39 orders from the european court are not binding and they will empower a minister, secretary of state, for the home department to direct that these flights can take off. because what we want to see, if we want to stop the boats is regular , uh, flights boats is regular, uh, flights taking off to rwanda with large numbers of passengers, you know, a token flight with a handful of people on them on it is not going to stop the boats. we need an effective deterrent. people are coming over in their thousan

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run the sting. >> so to our top story this morning , and the home office is morning, and the home officeis claiming that it has finally cleared the backlog of 112,000 asylum cases . asylum cases. >> so delays cost the taxpayer around £8 million a day to put asylum seekers in hotels. while they await some sort of outcome. >> well, the number of migrants crossing the english channel has also fallen , and government also fallen, and government figures show that the total arrivals in 2023 were down to 29,500, which is more than a third less than the year before . third less than the year before. >> uh, shoaib khan is a human rights lawyer and with his view on these figures, the government should. well, we're going to make a big deal out of this today. what's this is they're using for this the legacy, the legacy . you mean, what a lot of legacy. you mean, what a lot of rubbish. so they take us on so they weren't part of the cabinet that decided before . these are that decided before. these are the legacy figures . what it's the legacy figures. what it's due to is a bit of bad weather. i would

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and i looked into home office, and i into the home office, and i think i found a fair amount of kindn. the one man who has been consistent at the home office the last years, office for the last three years, there's been five home secretaries , is the permanent secretaries, is the permanent secretary at home now secretary at the home office now he senior civil he is the most senior civil servant. matthew rycroft, servant. sir matthew rycroft, he was in 2023. he a was knighted in 2023. he is a career diplomat. he used to work for tony blair. he became an ambassador. he was a representative at the united nafions representative at the united nations was quoted on nations and he was quoted on record saying last year that he sees himself as a diplomat and temporary to be at the home office, so some people say his heart really isn't in the job. he's also the civil service, so—called race, faith and belief champion. now, it's a bizarre situation that you've got the most senior person in the home office , in the department that office, in the department that is controlling our borders, but als

>> the chinese have figured out if you go after small offices and home offices, people aren't going to be as protective. you get into somebody's home office and you can get to their work network. >> what u.s. officials now fear that if china invades taiwan and the u.s. tries to respond militarily, the chinese hacking efforts could hinder that response. >> it can cripple the lodgist irks that support our forces in east asia, rails, pipelines, airplanes, airports. they could make it very hard to support troops deployed overseas. >> meanwhile, the fbi director says he doesn't trust a recent promise from president xi to president biden that china would not try to disrupt the 2024 u.s. presidential election. >> china's promised a lot of things over the years so i guess i believe believe it when i see it. >> chinese authorities have denied being involved in hacking often saying that china is a frequent target of cyber attacks. >> thank you very much for watching. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now.

should home office should we split the home office up, you think? up, do you think?hink there's a case for doing that and creating a very tough border which tough border department, which is solely focussed on securing our borders, stopping illegal migration. >> varne. but i mean, that's that's really for another day. >> ideological opposition . when >> ideological opposition. when priti patel spoke about this a bit, you know, she's trying to pull on a lever and then the civil service are pulling on the opposite lever. >> i think there's degree of >> i think there's a degree of that. this is a highly that. and this is a highly charged issue. but the web charged issue. but also the web of arrangements , points of legal arrangements, points that we have allowed to rise up over recent years and decades, whether that's the treaties like the echr, which are now very out of date, they're all created in the immediate aftermath of the second very second world war, a very different where there was different world, where there was just million people on the just a few million

home office figures show that back in 2022, the number of illegal migrants crossing the channel on small000. the figures released earlier this month show that total number of people using this route across last year had fallen to just under 30,000 people. and that was a reduction by 36%. although it's still the second highest annual number of crossings on record. it's hard to know how many migrants have died in recent years trying to cross the world's busiest shipping lane, but one charity said the figure was likely to be more than 20 last year alone. when you have people fleeing from their lives from afghanistan, from war—torn countries like syria then people are still going to take these dangerous journeys. and the enforcement activity by border force and police on the french side is simply going to force more people into more unseaworthy, unstable, dangerous boats and the likelihood of more people losing their lives, i think is not going to diminish. by this morning, you wouldn't know five people had died here overnight on this beach in calais. until this weekend there had been an nea

according to the home office, more than 112,000 asylum cases were processed by officials last year buternment has been manipulating the figures. here's our home editor mark easton. with the home office spending millions of pounds a day on hotel rooms for record numbers of asylum seekers stuck in its system, rishi sunak made a promise to parliament and the british people a little over 12 months ago. to abolish the backlog of initial asylum decisions by the end of next year. with feelings running high over the use of hotels, the government through people and money at unblocking the process and keeping the prime minister's pledge, doubling the number of caseworkers and streamlining the system. so, has it worked? well the government says the promise only applies to what it calls the legacy backlog, those who get stuck for more than 18 months and that bit of the backlog, well it has fallen from around 100,000 cases down to, not zero — 4,500 are still in the system but they have been reclassified as complex. and while the focus has been on the legacy, another backlog has been growing. new ca

the home office says there are now the highest number of police officers on record in england and wales sarah has decided she can no longer live in her home — she's moving out. the effect that it's had on my mental health has been horrendous. the police are promising to attend all home burglaries and follow all reasonable enquiries, but only one in 20 offenders now get charged — and it's their victims who are paying the price. bronagh munro, bbc news. and the panorama programme, �*will my crime be solved?�* is now on the bbc iplayer, and on bbc one, at 8 o'clock tonight. the film about the inventor of the atomic bomb, �*0ppenheimer�*, was the big winner at the golden globe awards in los angeles, taking home several of the night's big prizes including �*best director�* for christopher nolan. 0ther winners included emma stone, who won best comedy film actress for �*poor things�*. succession also did very well on the night. anna smith is a film critic. she told me the success of �*0ppenheimer�* was not a surprise. it such a prestige title such an incredible cast a very well love director a

and so if the if the home office years to decide home office took years to decide your claim becausetually i've been working here for now have a for many years, i now have a private in the uk . that's private life in the uk. that's the reason there was a 12 month moratorium. >> so presumably because of inefficiencies, maybe just the sheer volume of those arriving , sheer volume of those arriving, there's an inability to process those claims . so that those claims. so once that 12 months over the wolf, months mark is over the wolf, they're away. they're free to work . absolutely. and that's work. absolutely. and that's a failing entire system. failing of the entire system. >> it and look on £5.70 >> it is. and look on £5.70 a day, which is what refugees get. >> you don't get a lot for that. >> you don't get a lot for that. >> i think it's right. >> so i think it's right. >> so i think it's right. >> they should be given they have a choice whether not to have a choice whether or not to come country. they have come to this country. they have a clear choice. they can stop in spain, franc

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home office figures show that back in 2022, the number of illegal migrants crossing the channel on smallrlier this month show that total number of people using this route across last year had fallen to just under 30,000 people. and that was a reduction by 36%. although it's still the second highest annual number of crossings on record. it's hard to know how many migrants have died in recent years trying to cross the world's busiest shipping lane, but one charity said the figure was likely to be more than 20 last year alone. when you have people fleeing from their lives from afghanistan, from war—torn countries like syria then people are still going to take these dangerous journeys. and the enforcement activity by border force and police on the french side is simply going to force more people into more unseaworthy, unstable, dangerous boats and the likelihood of more people losing their lives, i think is not going to diminish. by this morning, you wouldn't know five people had died here overnight on this beach in calais. until this weekend there had been an nearly four—week period with no

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home office capabilities but the director talked about.t off the chinese cyber actors from using these routers as launch points. chr. gallagher: mr. newhouse. rep. newhouse: let me thank you for the dedication to keeping our country as safe as possible. as you know there is an election co year. the ranking member broached the subject but i wanted to delve deeper -- no >> we will leave this year to our commitment to live coverage of congress prayed you can watch by going to oureb. we take you live to the floor of the u.s. house.